July 05, 2015, 10:30AM

Pristine Gothic revival style put the Church of the Nativity, Episcopal, in Huntsville, Ala., on the list of National Historic Landmarks. The long-thinking congregation aims to keep it standing as a witness for another 160 years, at least. Full story »

May 26, 2015, 8:41PM

'I'd rather be in trouble for being more inclusive than less. It's the type of thing my mom would have loved' -- Preacher Jay Bakker on why he's joined the Loosen the Bible Belt Comedy Tour. Full story »

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

What happens when a couple lesbians, a preacher and a ukulele player bring 'Loosen the Bible Belt' tour to the South? Unforgettable evenings Jun 4, 5 & 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, who also organized the Dykes of Hazard Tour a couple years ago. May 26, 2014.

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

What happens when a couple lesbians, a preacher and a ukulele player bring 'Loosen the Bible Belt' tour to the South? Unforgettable evenings Jun 4, 5 & 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, Jay Bakker, Samantha Ruddy and SarahRose Marie. Jay Bakker takes the stage at the Golden Coral in Amarillo as the tour began last...

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

What happens when a couple lesbians, a preacher and a ukulele player bring 'Loosen the Bible Belt' tour to the South? Unforgettable evenings Jun 4, 5 & 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, Jay Bakker, Samantha Ruddy and SarahRose Marie. In this still from Provincetown Community TV, Becker interviews families at a picnic last summer.

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

What happens when a couple lesbians, a preacher and a ukulele player bring 'Loosen the Bible Belt' tour to the South? Unforgettable evenings Jun 4, 5 & 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, Jay Bakker, Samantha Ruddy and SarahRose Marie. Kristen Becker begins her act at the Blind Tiger Comedy in San Antonio, Texas last week....

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

What happens when a couple lesbians, a preacher and a ukulele player bring 'Loosen the Bible Belt' tour to the South? Unforgettable evenings Jun 4, 5 & 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, right, Jay Bakker, left, and Samantha Ruddy and SarahRose Marie. May 26, 2014.

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

Larry King, at left, interviews Jay Bakker in Dec. 2014 on 'Larry King Now' on the cost of his stand for gay rights among his Christian colleagues. Bakker joins a couple lesbians and a ukulele player for unforgettable evenings Jun 4, 5 & 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, Samantha Ruddy and SarahRose Marie. May 26,...

May 26, 2015, 7:40PM

Jay Bakker, an evangelical preacher and writer and son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, joins a couple lesbians and a ukulele player to bring 'Loosen the Bible Belt' tour June 4, 5 & 6, 2015, to Montgomery, Huntsville and Pensacola with Kristen Becker, Jay Bakker, Samantha Ruddy and SarahRose Marie. (Courtesy/Jay Bakker)

March 31, 2015, 3:42PM

In Rebecca Tyler's powerful abstract depiction of the moment when Jesus is sentenced to be crucified, at one side stand the religious leaders of the day, sure of themselves, with their feet planted solidly on a mosaic of tiles. They think they have all the pieces together. On the other side of the painting is the chaos of the... Full story »

March 31, 2015, 1:22PM

A Good Friday service Friday, April 3, 2015, 7 p.m., at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Ala., will feature 15 original works of art, along with scripture and music, that evoke the 14 traditional Stations of the Cross. (Courtesy/Trinity UMC)

March 31, 2015, 12:10PM

A Good Friday service Friday, April 3, 2015, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Ala., will feature 15 original works of art along with scripture and music that travel through the 14 Stations of the Cross. The Rev. Dr. Charles Gattis, retired Trinity pastor, talks about the mosaic he photographed in Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre....

March 31, 2015, 12:10PM

A Good Friday service Friday, April 3, 2015, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Ala., will feature 15 original works of art along with scripture and music that travel through the 14 Stations of the Cross. Camilla Pruitt, director of music and fine arts at Trinity and organizer of the exhibit, describes a painting by Trinity youth member Caitlin...

March 31, 2015, 12:10PM

A Good Friday service Friday, April 3, 2015, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Ala., will feature 15 original works of art along with scripture and music that travel through the 14 Stations of the Cross. The Trinity Quilters created this moment when Simon shoulders Jesus' cross. (Kay Campbell/KCampbell@AL.com)

March 31, 2015, 12:10PM

A Good Friday service Friday, April 3, 2015, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Ala., will feature 15 original works of art along with scripture and music that travel through the 14 Stations of the Cross. Gloria Wilson painted this scene of Jesus carrying his cross. (Kay Campbell/KCampbell@AL.com)

March 31, 2015, 12:10PM

A Good Friday service Friday, April 3, 2015, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Ala., will feature 15 original works of art along with scripture and music that travel through the 14 Stations of the Cross. Tom Bryant explains how he created his photo illustration of the crown of thorns. (Kay Campbell/KCampbell@AL.com)